Soriano is 36 years old...Sanchez is a 28 year old pitcher and his contract will be up when he's 33...If we want to be relevant in 2-3 years you have to start getting collecting talent...Can't just rely on signing veteran pitchers and trading them.

Oh shit! I expected Cubs to sign another starter, but didn't expect them to go after Sanchez. Sanchez is obviously a good pitcher, seems to have his injury issues behind him and this is for his age 29-33 seasons. Not totally sure if this is the right move for them, but it's not a bad contract at all, imo. Makes it obvious Cubs are trying to win as early as 2014.

It's being reported the deal's not done yet and Tigers are still in the mix.

Sanchez' fip the past 3 years: 3.53, 3.35, 3.32. He's had pretty bad defenses behind him during that span and the Cubs actually have a pretty good defense. If the Cubs do sign him, it's reasonable to expect him to outperform the 3.70 ERA he put up over the past 3 seasons.

Whoa! I like it. Even though the Cubs have obviously been targeting cheap one-year contracts I thought he and BJ Upton both made sense for the price and their age. I was a little bummed that the Cubs were never attached to Upton so I'm glad they got one long-term deal for a young (relatively young) player on the cheap (relatively cheap).